FEA appeals class size ruling

File this one in the "no surprise" basket: As promised, the Florida Education Association has asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider a circuit judge's ruling on whether Amendment 8 is intentionally misleading.

It's apparently too late for the court to remove Amendment 8, which would relax the state's class size rules, from the Nov. 2 ballot as the FEA originally sought. Still, if the question remains, the teachers union hopes the high court will halt the vote from being counted.

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